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Week St. Mary County Primary
School -:- Telephone Week St. Mary 370

The school was built in 1876 and closed
in 1973. The school had 2 classrooms and
one of the most memorable teachers was
Miss Retallack, in charge of the
juniors.
In all weathers we had to
venture outdoors for the toilets and
those not lucky enough to go home for
dinner had to walk in a column down to
the Temperance Hotel and back again.

Miss Retallack

This plot of land complete with cottage
and garden was part of lot No.9 of the
Manor of Woolstone auctioned on the 21st
of October 1875. Lot 9 also consisted of
Glebe Meadow, Bridge Meadow, Great
Bridge Meadow and one other unnamed
meadow.
Reference 417a part of lot 9 listed in
the sale details consisted of the
following:
Cottage and Garden, agreed to be let to
the Week St. Mary Board School, for
Ninety Nine Years from Lady-day 1875, at
the rent of 1s per Annum - 0A. 0R. 22P
[0A. 0R. 22P = Acres, Roods, Poles (or
Perches)]

Land Tax Paid by Tenants 2s 1¼d per
Annum.

Lady Day is generally the 15th of August
but Week St Mary revel is linked to the
alternative date for Lady Day the 8th of
September. Whoever bought Lot No.9 in
1875 bought this plot with a current 99
year lease and accepted a rent of 1s per
year until 1974 when the lease would
have run out. Did the Board School buy
Lot 9? Or was it bought at a later date
from the new owner by the Board School
or later by the Education Authority?

Was one of the reasons the school closed
in the 1970’s because the education
authority didn’t own the school? If no
other contracts had been arranged during
the previous 99 years; the control of
the property would have reverted back to
the land owners who had purchased Lot
No9!

(Our thanks to Bob Booker for the
above contribution)

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